Year of the Fox surely, says Neil Humphreys

No complaints. Leicester played better than us. There are 36 points to play for. Nothing is finished. It is important for us to recover and I am continuing not giving up because we got an unexpected defeat, but we must continue. — Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini (above)TNP PHOTOS: REUTERS

There are a lot of super teams now. We will try. Why not? We play every match as though it is the last match. Now we are very, very confident and it is important to think about Arsenal. We are ready to fight there. — Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri (above) can no longer deny his side’s Premier League title aspirations

Dazzling on the eye and dizzying for opponents, Leicester's brand of football can win them title

Leicester's commitment continues to defy belief. Without Vincent Kompany, City's defending remains calamitous. In such moments, titles are won and lost.

Man City's myopic owners can claim until the cows come home (or, in this case, Pep Guardiola) that announcing Pellegrini's exit in February has no bearing on the team's performances but, of course, it does.

STARK CONTRAST

Just compare the two captains.

Wes Morgan threw his barrel-shaped body at anything that crossed his path. He refused to yield. City could not pass.

In stark contrast, Yaya Toure sulked and scowled, lolloping around the pitch. He was listless, sloppy and uninspired. His lethargy was contagious.

Even on the touchline, Pellegrini shivered in the rain, while Ranieri twisted, shouted and fist-pumped his Foxes towards victory.

Whatever this season's outcome, City's decision-makers must be castigated for Pellegrini's heavy-handed dismissal.

If they fail, the club will be accused of destabilising the challenge. If they succeed, then they prematurely fired a title-winning manager. The ridiculous decision was only exacerbated by surreal events at the Etihad.

If Leicester taking the lead silenced the sceptics, their second goal stunned the world.

It wasn't the goal of hopeless romantics, top-four contenders or title challengers. It was the goal of champions - quick, inspired and effortlessly elegant.

N'Golo Kante skipped a couple of challenges before sliding the ball forward for Riyad Mahrez.

Leicester's magician was quicker than City's maligned Nicolas Otamendi. Mahrez dropped his marker like a bad habit, took a stride and then lashed it into the top corner. City were sleeping. Leicester were dreaming.

Neil Humphreys is a British humour columnist and author of three best-selling humorous books about Singapore - Notes From an Even Smaller Island, Scribbles from the Same Island and Final Notes from a Great Island.